The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-18
SOUTHERN Gl.EANlNGs.


children.
A colored man named Martin fell from
the new capitol building in Atlanta, Ga,
a few days ago, n distance of seventy-fve
feet, and was instantly killed.
Joseph Landrum and Elijah Raleigh.
wealthy farmers of Jefferson County,
KY, met few nights ago at Jefferson.
town and renewed an old quarrel Lam
drum attacked Raleigh with knife, cut
ting him severely. The men were sepa-
rated and started for their respective
homes, Rlleigh in wagon aud Landrum
on horseback. Landrum rode ahead and
securing rifle returned and shot Rleigh
In the abdomen, inf citing probable fatal
wound.
William l.. Gracey, prominent citizen
OF Sparta, Tenn, committed suicide a few
| days since, shooting himself with a
double barreled shotgun. He placed the
weapon on the ground, and with stick
touched the trigger, the load entering the
stomach. Gracey died almost instantly.
de was fifty-five years old and leaves
eleven children. Financial eMbarrass-
ment caused the deed
The cotton crop reports for the Memphis
district are in the main quite favorable
though some compl tints come from Ar.
kansas of too much rain.
Hawkins Carley, deputy county treas.
urer of Logan County, Ark, is under ar
rest for robbing the safe of the Logan
County treasury in February last. Hiram
and jeff Fort and Henry Nichols, of Paris,
Logan County, are implicated.
! William Aimison, of Nashville Tenn,
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At Bartlett, Tenn, q few days since,
| ten-year-od colored boy med Richard
Smith deliberately blew out the brains Of
an eleven months-old baby, because its
! parents, with whom he had been living,
had severely logged him the day before.
jeff. Miner, an eX-convict, residing at
Luther, Tenn, having attacked Thomas
Greene, was stabbed twenty times and
shot through the head. Miner died and
| Greene surrendered to the authorities.
In Fayette & UNITY Ga, the five sons OF
Widower Hamber married the five
daughters of Widow Starnes. To com.
plete the family union, the boys mother.
in-law was joined in wedlock to theiI
wives father-in-law.
William McElroy, coored, was riding a
mule at Lebanon, KY, the other day,
when the animal SHE'D and threw him.
His feet became entangled, and the mule
dragged him considerable distance. He
was horribly mutilated and died in q few
minutes.
Price Peck, col0red, who shot and killed
Otto Board, white boy, in Nashville,
Tenn, last Christmas, has been convicted
Of murder in the second degree, and given
ten years Imprisonment.
John Woody, one of the posse who re-
Gently raided the Bates homestead, in
Polk County, Tenn, and killed Avery
Bates, was waylaid and fatally shot few
nights ago, near the B ties place. He
was walking along the highway return
ing from mill, and is supposed to have
been shot by one of the friends of Bates.
DIR. Merino and other Cuban physicians
who are familiar with the symptoms,
deny that the disease prevalent at Key
W est is genuine yellow fever, and assert
that it is merely malignant accllmating
fever.
Secretary Lindsey of the Tennessee
State Board of Health has received an
official report from Health Officer Blan-
kenship of Maryville, Blount County,
concerning the epidemic of dysentery al
that place. Since the outbreak there had
been twenty-five cases and seven deaths
in Maryville and the surrounding Coun
try.
A tank Of gasoline exploded at Chat
tanooga few days ago in the twO-story
brick building at the corner of Fourth and
Market, and spread with great rapidity tc
the grocery store Of j. Moering and the
Morgan House, three story frame struct
{ ure. The occupants barely escaped with
their lives.
Albert H. HoefIlln, treasurer of the 10
cal assembly of the international Cigar
Makers Union at Louisville, KY, was ar
rested few days ago owing to his failure
to make good a shortage of 81, 4O6 He had
been given two weeks to make up his
deficiency, and could only raise $50. He
was released on bond of s., 00O Hoeffi 4
is a member of one of the best German
, families in the city.
, The Supreme Court of Tennessee, after
a two months session, adjourned q few
days ago after having disposed of SlC
cases. Every case on the West Tennes
: see docket has been dispos ed of for tn
= first time in twenty-five years Every
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+ Supreme Bench.
Great excitement was CAUSED at Hen
, derson, KY, few days ago, by tn
, shooting of Prof. E. S. Clark, Superin
tendent of Public Schools, by Prof
Thos Posey, principal of the High school
u Bad feeling has existe for some time be
tween the parties, owing, it is said, to tn
fact that Prof Clark had used his intiu
, ence to prevent the reelection of Prof.
Posey.
Joe Mckinley Cicero Evans and job
Helton live on adjoining farms near NJ I
gan, Ohio County, Ky. They are al
70 young married men and hard-workiu
y farmers, but their latest crop beats an
ever before harvested b; them. Mrs. No
!, Kinley few days ago gave birth to triT
/, lets, all girls. The day following Mrs
| Evans presented her lord with twins, an
p, the next day Mrs. Helton added two NOR
!, boys 10 the local population.
DIR. Matthews, a colored hoodoo doctor
was sentenced at Chattanooga, Tenn,
i few days ago, TO three years'impisonmen
= Cor obtaining money under fase pre-
! lenses. A man named Holland was arrest
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